Mission Hills, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93436. It lies near Purisima Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lompoc quadrangle. 3,571 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Mission Hills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
La Purisima MissionNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 1.0 miles away- Mission La PurÃsima at 'Amuwu Districtlisted 2023 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMission Hills fell from 3,576 to 3,571 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,576 | |
| 2020 | 3,571 | -5 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1905 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
72 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Mission Hills between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,668 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.9 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 888 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.4 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mission Hills: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acin Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Gann Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Las Cruces Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Schuyler Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tolbert Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dibble Pit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Grefco Diatomite Mill | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposits | Diatomite | Occurrence |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Oaks | 0.4 miles | 32 | |
| Mission La Purisima (historical) | 1.2 miles | 32 | |
| Vandenberg Village | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Ellwood Estates | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Lompoc | 3.4 miles | 32 | |
| Lompoc Village | 3.6 miles | 32 | |
| Acorn (historical) | 3.8 miles | 32 | |
| Foothill Estates | 4.4 miles | 32 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mission Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1918669 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867041. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.














